lucia y el sexo

On Saturday, some friends and I went to the Virgin Cinemas at Roppongi Hills to check out one of the films being shown as part of "The Basques in the Cinema," a Spanish film festival that took place from Friday to Sunday. The movie we saw was called "Lucia y el Sexo," or "Sex and Lucia," and it was surprisingly captivating. There's an awful lot of nudity and err... physical interaction... in the film, so I definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone under the age of 18 (or perhaps over the age of 50, heh), but if you can deal with the raciness, you'll find there's a lot to like. I was especially absorbed by the atmosphere and the dialogue. Whoever did the subtitling did a really good job; at the same time, perhaps just the simple fact that the audio was in Spanish added to the movie's appeal. (Hearing beautiful women speak Spanish is definitely one of life's finer pleasures, if you ask me.)

In any case, the movie's already out on DVD (I'm assuming what we saw was the 'unrated' version, considering how many gratuitous male organ shots there were), so if this sounds like something you'd be into, you might want to check your local Tsutaya (or Blockbuster, or whatever) to see if it's available for rent. You can also check out the official movie trailer here.

Edit: Forgot to mention one thing -- the movie was showing in Virgin's special "premiere" theater. The normal screens at Roppongi Hills are nice enough, but the premiere one is out of control. Big, comfortable reclining seats... dimly-lit tables at each side... free drinks (spanish cider for us -- how fitting)... it was really nice. Usually the premiere screenings cost 3,000 yen, but Lucia turned out to be normal price (1,800 yen), most likely because it was part of the film festival. They even had free food before the showing, though I'm not sure if that's the case for all premiere movies or if that was a special deal as well. In any case, it was a good time and if you've got the spare change, I definitely recommend giving the premiere screen a whirl.

Posted by john tv at June 9, 2003 11:03 PM